H.M.Gunasekera was a respected broadcaster with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. // The Inauguration of Broadcasting in Ceylon Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in South Asia. ... The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) came into existence on January 5th 1967 when Radio Ceylon became a public corporation. ...
HM as he was affectionately known as in the station was a pioneering Sinhala announcer. He read the Sinhala News and presented a range of radio programs over the Commercial Service. {{language |name=Sinhala |nativename=සිංහල |region=[[Sri Lanka] |speakers=13 million |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=Indo-Iranian |fam3=Indo-Aryan |fam4=Sinhalese-Maldivian |nation=Sri Lanka |iso1=si|iso2=sin|iso3=sin |notice=Indic}} Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of...
H.M.Gunasekera climbed the management ladder and eventually led the radio station - the oldest in South Asia.Gunasekera has also chaired some key media conferences in Colombo. Composite satellite image of South Asia Map of South Asia. ...
Vernon Corea; radio broadcaster Corea was a pioneer broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asias oldest radio station, in 1957 and later the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. ...
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